Iran Threat Debate Is Set Off by Images of Missiles at Sea — WASHINGTON — The intelligence that caused the White House to escalate its warnings about a threat from Iran came from photographs of missiles on small boats in the Persian Gulf that were put on board by Iranian paramilitary forces, three American officials said.

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The very political pattern of Trump's pardons — Trump pardons his own hagiographer and a family ‘friend’ who criticized Mueller. — President Trump's pardons were self-serving before, and they became even more so Wednesday night, after he pardoned two prominent conservatives who had already completed their sentences.

Grassley on what Trump really believes on trade — Editor's Note: This edition of Morning Money is published weekdays at 8 a.m. POLITICO Pro Financial Services subscribers hold exclusive early access to the newsletter each morning at 5:15 a.m. To learn more about POLITICO Pro's comprehensive …

Why I Am Determined to End Voter Suppression — As more people of color claim political power, efforts to block them will accelerate — unless we act. — Ms. Abrams is the founder of the voting rights group Fair Fight Action. — ATLANTA — In the mid-1960s, when my father was a teenager, he was arrested.

What's Our China Endgame? — We need to deflate Beijing's ambitions, without bursting them. — “My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic,” Ronald Reagan told his adviser Richard Allen in January 1977, four years before he became president.